How have the courts treated prior felony convictions on appeal?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Anders, D067070 (Cal. App. 2015):
On appeal, Anders suggests that the trial court should have balanced some of the factors more heavily in favor of exclusion of the evidence of the prior felony convictions. However, we do not substitute our independent judgment and exercise our discretion in rebalancing the factors anew; the trial court exercises its discretion under section 352, and we review the trial court's balancing effort for potential abuse. (People v. Balcom (1994)
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